Crossword-Solution: COUCHE 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 13

And thus full of delit Slep hath his hous; and of his couche Withinne his chambre if I schal touche, Of hebenus that slepi Tree The bordes al aboute be, And for he scholde slepe softe, Upon a fethrebed alofte 3020 He lith with many a pilwe of doun: The chambre is strowed up and doun With swevenes many thousendfold.

And tho this Prest was sone unbounde, And up a couche fro the grounde 160 To slepe he was leid softe ynowh; And whanne he wok, the king him drowh To his presence and dede him chiere, So that this Prest in such manere, Whil that him liketh, there he duelleth: And al this he to Bachus telleth, Whan that he cam to him ayein.

With that this worthi kinges wif 1190 Honestely thei token oute, And maden fyres al aboute; Thei leide hire on a couche softe, And with a scheete warmed ofte Hire colde brest began to hete, Hire herte also to flacke and bete.

When that the sun out of the south gan west, And that this flow’r gan close, and go to rest, For darkness of the night, the which she dread;* *dreaded Home to my house full swiftly I me sped, To go to rest, and early for to rise, To see this flower spread, as I devise.* *describe And in a little arbour that I have, That benched was of turfes fresh y-grave,* *cut out I bade men shoulde me my couche make; For dainty* of the newe summer’s sake, *pleasure I bade them strowe flowers on my bed.

Ils se voyaient encore un peu les uns les autres; çà et là, dans les creux de lames, des voiles surgissaient, pauvres petites choses mouillées, fatiguées, fuyantes, — mais tenant debout tout de même, comme ces jouets d’enfants en moelle de sureau que l’on couche en soufflant dessus, et qui toujours se redressent.